Director, Cloud Data Platform & AI Analytics

Lincoln Motor Company; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision and药

Flexible family care days

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a visionary Director, Cloud Platform Engineering to own strategy, architecture, and engineering of Ford's cloud database and analytics platforms on Google Cloud Platform. The role targets a product-minded, automation-first approach with a focus on DBaaS, cost optimization, and enterprise-grade governance across PDO and data science teams.

You will lead global platform engineers, define guardrails, and drive self-service capabilities with IaC-driven automation, while

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture, and data platform services.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year platform engineering roadmap.
• Instill a self-service, API-driven mindset across databases and analytics.
• Implement IaC to provision and manage database and analytics resources.
• Lead cost optimization and SaaS consolidation at enterprise scale.
• Mentor and lead a global team of engineers, architects, and SREs.
• Partner with cloud and SaaS vendors to extend platform capabilities.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Data platform

IaC / automation

Leadership

DevOps / SRE

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a visionary Director, Cloud Platform Engineering to own strategy, architecture, and engineering of Ford's cloud database and analytics platforms on Google Cloud Platform. The role targets a product-minded, automation-first approach with a focus on DBaaS, cost optimization, and enterprise-grade governance across PDO and data science teams.

You will lead global platform engineers, define guardrails, and drive self-service capabilities with IaC-driven automation, while